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griffonwing · 12-15-2009, 01:25 PM

Well, my current desktop is soon to be replaced. It has served me well over the years, but is getting a bit long in the pins. (har har)

The current old fogey is an AMD Athlon 64 754-pin 3200+, paired with an ATI X1950XT 512MB AGP video card, with 1GB DDR ram and a Creative Audigy 2 ZS sound card. For the most part, it's almost as maxed as I can get an AGP mobo system. It'll play Crysis, although I have to be running everything almost minimum to get any kind of decent framerates.

Here's my new system, so far.

AMD Phenom IIx4 965 3.4GHz Black Edition AM3
Raidmax Quantum-RX 700W power supply
4GB (2x2GB) G.Skill Ripjaws DDR3 1600 RAM
Cooler Master Storm Scout case.

I have 2 more essential pieces to get...
ASUS Crosshair III Forumla AM3 790FX mobo
XFX ATI HD5870 1GB video card.

Although, I will most likely have to wait until after the holidays in order to afford these last 2 pieces. The total cost is going to be somewhere around $1050, which is not too bad for a system.

This one should last me another 5 years.

12-15-2009, 01:25 PM	#1
griffonwing Suave Swabby, Savvy? Posts: 1,602 Karma: 520350 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Harrison, ARrrr, USA - southern Ozark mountains Device: Slate Blue PEZ (Astak Pocket Pro), CVSCX-9300 Quad-band watch phone	New Computer for Me.. soon Well, my current desktop is soon to be replaced. It has served me well over the years, but is getting a bit long in the pins. (har har) The current old fogey is an AMD Athlon 64 754-pin 3200+, paired with an ATI X1950XT 512MB AGP video card, with 1GB DDR ram and a Creative Audigy 2 ZS sound card. For the most part, it's almost as maxed as I can get an AGP mobo system. It'll play Crysis, although I have to be running everything almost minimum to get any kind of decent framerates. Here's my new system, so far. AMD Phenom IIx4 965 3.4GHz Black Edition AM3 Raidmax Quantum-RX 700W power supply 4GB (2x2GB) G.Skill Ripjaws DDR3 1600 RAM Cooler Master Storm Scout case. I have 2 more essential pieces to get... ASUS Crosshair III Forumla AM3 790FX mobo XFX ATI HD5870 1GB video card. Although, I will most likely have to wait until after the holidays in order to afford these last 2 pieces. The total cost is going to be somewhere around $1050, which is not too bad for a system. This one should last me another 5 years.